Download or read book The Civil War Soldiers of Branford Connecticut written by Jane Peterson Bouley and published by . This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS OF BRANFORD AND NORTH BRANFORD ARE BROUGHT TO LIFE THROUGH PERSONAL ACCOUNTS, LETTERS, ILLUSTRATIONS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS. In this book, Branford, Connecticut's Town Historian Jane Bouley has compiled the military service records and biographical histories of nearly 450 soldiers, using pension records, original letters, diaries, regimental histories, cemetery records, family genealogies, newspapers, and other resources. This is the first comprehensive history of Civil War soldiers from Branford, North Branford, and the village of Northford. Inside, you will learn about Branford during the war, enlistments, bounties, prisons, and hospitals, as well as how to find Civil War pension records yourself; read a detailed chronology of the Twenty-seventh, Fifteenth, and Tenth Connecticut Volunteer Regiments, with summaries of most other Connecticut regiments; meet the soldiers themselves through military and biographical data including pensions and other original documents that detail military service, physical description, residence, occupation, family information, and first-person accounts during and after the war; discover more than 400 photographs and illustrations of the soldiers, gravestones, battles, military scenes, maps, and monuments; and explore the extensive Appendix which includes a Civil War timeline, list of soldiers by Regiment, glossary, draft list, bibliography, and a name and place Index.

Download or read book Heroes for All Time written by Dione Longley and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2015-02-25 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compelling first-hand accounts of the war, lavishly illustrated with rare period photos Winner of the Bruce Fraser Award (2016) Voices of Civil War soldiers rise from the pages of Heroes for All Time. This book presents the war straight from the minds and pens of its participants; rich passages from soldiers' letters and diaries complement hundreds of outstanding period photographs, most previously unpublished. The soldiers' moving experiences, thoughts, and images animate each chapter. Written accounts by nurses and doctors, soldiers' families, and volunteers on the home front add intriguing details to our picture of the struggle, which claimed roughly 6,000 Connecticut lives. Rare war artifacts—a bone ring carved on the battlefield or a wad of tobacco acquired from a rebel picket—connect the reader to the men and boys who once owned them. From camp life to battle, from Virginia to Louisiana, from the opening shot at Bull Run to the cheering at Appomattox, Heroes for All Time tells the story of the war through vivid, personal portrayals.

Download or read book Hidden History of Connecticut Union Soldiers written by John Banks and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over fifty thousand Connecticut soldiers served in the Union army during the Civil War, yet their stories are nearly forgotten today. Among the regiments that served, at least forty sets of brothers perished from battlefield wounds or disease. Little known is the 16th Connecticut chaplain who, as prisoner of war, boldly disregarded a Rebel commander's order forbidding him to pray aloud for President Lincoln. Then there is the story of the 7th Connecticut private who murdered a fellow soldier in the heat of battle and believed the man's ghost returned to torment him. Seven soldiers from Connecticut tragically drowned two weeks after the war officially ended when their ship collided with another vessel on the Potomac. Join author John Banks as he shines a light on many of these forgotten Connecticut Yankees.

Download or read book A Broken Regiment written by Lesley J. Gordon and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2014-11-10 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Broken Regiment recounts the tragic history of one of the Civil War's most ill-fated Union military units. Organized in the late summer of 1862, the 16th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry was unprepared for battle a month later, when it entered the fight at Antietam. The results were catastrophic: nearly a quarter of the men were killed or wounded, and Connecticut's 16th panicked and fled the field. In the years that followed, the regiment participated in minor skirmishes before surrendering en masse in North Carolina in 1864. Most of its members spent months in southern prison camps, including the notorious Andersonville stockade, where disease and starvation took the lives of over one hundred members of the unit. The struggles of the 16th led survivors to reflect on the true nature of their military experience during and after the war, and questions of cowardice and courage, patriotism and purpose, were often foremost in their thoughts. Over time, competing stories emerged of who they were, why they endured what they did, and how they should be remembered. By the end of the century, their collective recollections reshaped this troubling and traumatic past, and the "unfortunate regiment" emerged as the "Brave Sixteenth," their individual memories and accounts altered to fit the more heroic contours of the Union victory. The product of over a decade of research, Lesley J. Gordon's A Broken Regiment illuminates this unit's complex history amid the interplay of various, and often competing, voices. The result is a fascinating and heartrending story of one regiment's wartime and postwar struggles.

Download or read book The Military and Civil History of Connecticut During the War of 1861 65 written by William Augustus Croffut and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 956 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Boys from Rockville written by Benjamin Hirst and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 14th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry was formed in August 1862. This book presents an articulate view of camp life and combat in the 14th, as told by Sgt. Benjamin Hirst of Company D, a unit composed largely of men from the mill town of Rockville. Editorial comment throughout analyzes Hirst's perspectives and motivations in the context of his life experience. 22 illustrations.

Download or read book Civil War Soldiers Guilford Connecticut written by Tracy Tomaselli and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short biographies of soldiers listed on the Guillford Connecticut Soldiers' Monument supplemented by entries on soldiers omitted from the monument.

Download or read book The Twenty fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion written by George P. Bissell and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a real-life story of dedication, sacrifice, and the ultimate triumph of good over evil, centering on the Twenty-fifth Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, which was a regiment of young men from Hartford and Tolland Counties who were driven by patriotic motives. In the fall of 1862, they were recruited into the United States service and fought for the Union, eventually sailing to Ship Island, off the coast of Mississippi. Their destination was unknown, but they were eventually sent to New Orleans and landed at Baton Rouge. They were then brigaded under General Albert E. Payne of Wisconsin and then under Colonel H. W. Birge, an officer of rare ability and bravery who led them in many battles and marches. They witnessed the grand bombardment by Farragut and the burning of the frigate Mississippi. After the war, Adjutant-General Morse described the Twenty-fifth as "one of the best of our nine months' regiments," and their bravery and endurance won them a high and lasting reputation.

Download or read book A Connecticut Soldier in the Civil War Joseph Kane of Naugatuck written by Sean M. Flaherty and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History of the 13th Infantry Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers During the Great Rebellion written by Homer Baxter Sprague and published by University of Michigan Library. This book was released on 1867 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Story of the Twenty first Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry During the Civil War 1861 1865 written by United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 21st (1862-1865) and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Military and Civil History of Connecticut During the War of 1861 65 written by William Augustus Croffut and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 891 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Military and Civil History of Connecticut During the War of 1861 65 V2 written by W. A. Croffut and published by . This book was released on 2008-06 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Download or read book The Military and Civil History of Connecticut During the War of 1861 65 V1 written by W. A. Croffut and published by . This book was released on 2008-06 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Download or read book The Military and Civil History of Connecticut During the War of 1861 65 written by W. A. Croffut And John M. Morris and published by Alpha Edition. This book was released on 2019-06 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented this book in the same form as it was first published. Hence any marks seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

Download or read book Whirlwind and Storm written by Charles E. Farnsworth and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whirlwind & Storm introduces us to the colorful and impetuous Lieutenant Colonel Charles Farnsworth, a Connecticut cavalryman in the Union Army. Farnsworth was fiery, ambitious, and bold, sometimes a little too bold for his own good---in combat, in business ventures, and in the river crossing that ended his life tragically early. Drawing from a rich and previously ignored trove of letters and diaries, Farnsworths great-grandson and namesake, a military veteran himself, has done a marvelous job of bringing alive this officer in all his flawed glory. Adam Hochschild, author of To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 and other books. A scholarly biography of a midlevel Union officers short, dramatic life. This spotless debut is a personalized account of the Civil War years and a work of significant original scholarshipFirst-rate research, writing and presentation. Kirkus Reviews [I]t is always a special privilege to delve inside the thoughts, passions and driving forces of one who served as a leader during the [Civil War]. This captivating biographydoes just that with skill and flair, exploring not only the young mans war experiences but his business adventures, loves and personal struggles. Blueink Review An intimate look at a young Norwich, Connecticut cavalry officer---in war, love, and his attempts to strike it rich---and his fierce ambition to make his mark in the Civil War and early Reconstruction. Lieutenant Colonel Charles Farnsworths letters and diaries form the cornerstone for this short biography about an adventurer who helped organize the First Connecticut Cavalry. The book covers Charlies near-fatal shooting while searching for Confederate bushwhackers in Virginia, his protests against incompetent Union leadership, his capture and confinement in Richmonds notorious Libby Prison, his romantic entanglements, his political connections with President Lincoln that sent him south in early 1865, and his tragic struggle to make his mark in Georgia during the early years of Reconstruction.

Download or read book Soldiers of the 18th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers written by Donovan Hurst and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work provides an image gallery and genealogies of soldiers who fought in the 18th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers during the period of the American Civil War (1861 - 1865), also known as the War of the Rebellion.